Last week I held another Raspberry Pi workshop for beginners. These workshops are a fantastic way to jump-start your journey with a Raspberry Pi. We covered the first-bootup experience, dabbled with some shell-scripting black-magic, and got some hardware connected.

From this week we've decided to try something new: Reserving your seat in the workshop will cost $10, but if you show up on the night we'll give you a $15 store credit!

A question that pops up almost every workshop is:

What's the difference between a Raspberry Pi and an Arduino?

The short answer is, come along to a workshop and find out! Arduinos are really great for low-power embedded projects that you might want to install in a small enclosure or that performs a simple task. Raspberry Pis are an amazing tool for more sophisticated, web-connected projects like web-controlled displays. We've built a few of our own Raspberry Pi projects like automation tools, cameras and even DIY Gameboys. An Arduino is what drives the interactive hipster coaster that we take to conventions and maker faires. If you're still scratching your head about the whole Arduino vs. RasPi issue, check out Sam's tutorial, or even think about booking a spot at both workshops and collect some more store cred while you're at it!